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June 23rd, 2013

RESULTS

The Big Hurst: Lots of interesting stuff on YCPB. "The Marlins won three of four against the Giants." Yes, they're seemingly only decent when I bet against them. I'm sure if I picked a Marlin pitcher, he'd immediately get shellacked. "The Blue Jays have won eleven in a row, matching the franchise record. Despite 18 runs scoring, the game was played in 2:36." I didn't watch this game, but how is this even physically possible in the modern age of baseball? "The Pirates have the second-best record in all of MLB." Yes, they do. I have to say, it's kind of nice. And just the other day, I complained about the Mets announcers on WFAN. It's worth noting that YCPB called Mets announcers out on another play, but added the footnote that they're "usually wonderful." I'm not so sure, and I'm not sure how announcers get graded. I wonder if there's another fan - like me - that isn't team loyal and listens to lots of different broadcasts and could offer an educated, neutral opinion about which announcers are good and bad? Maybe I should make public notes about which announcers I like (e.g. KLAC, KNBR) and which ones I avoid (e.g. WCBS, WLW, XPRS) and the reasons why.

The Score

Introduction

If you're wondering what this is, we're playing our very own abbreviated fantasy baseball game. Every day, all players have the opportunity to select one MLB starting pitcher before the first pitch. The next day, Baseball Reference.com publishes the top Game Scores from those games on its front page. Players get points if they selected any pitcher with one of the top five Game Scores for the day: 5 points for first place down to 1 point for fifth place.

It all started from a conversation wondering if there was a decent way to predict every day's most likely no-hitter or gem. So you could use us for that, counting on the wisdom of crowds or the theory of blind squirrels.

We're very interested in meeting other baseball fans and including other players. If you're interested in playing along, just drop me a line at hurstdm@yahoo.com.